Isaiah 24:20

“The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, &c.] When it shall be moved and agitated to and fro, and dissolved; or this may be meant of the inhabitants, who shall be at their wits’ end, and in the utmost confusion, not knowing what to do, nor where to go, having no more thought, nor sense, nor command of themselves, than a drunken man; and this is in just retaliation, that as they have been drunk with sin, having drank up iniquity like water, they shall now be drunk with punishment, which being heavy upon them, will make them stagger like a drunken man: and shall be removed like a cottage; or, “a tent”f485; either of soldiers or shepherds, which are easily taken down and moved; or like…”

“removed like a cottage--(See on Isa 1:8). Here, a hanging couch, suspended from the trees by cords, such as NIEBUHR describes the Arab keepers of lands as having, to enable them to keep watch, and at the same time to be secure from wild beasts. Translate, "Shall wave to and fro like a hammock" swung about by the wind. heavy upon it--like an overwhelming burden. not rise again--not meaning, that it never would rise (Isa 24:23), but in those convulsions it would not rise, it would surely fall.”

“The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard - This is descriptive of the agitation that occurs in an earthquake when everything is shaken from its foundation, and when trees and towers are shaken by the mighty concussion. The same figure is used in Isaiah 29:9. See also the description of a tempest at sea, in Psalms 107:27 : They reel to and fro, And stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wit’s end. And shall be removed like a cottage - Or rather, shall move or vacillate (התנודדה hitenôdedâh) like a cottage. The word “cottage” (מלוּנה melûnâh from לין lı̂yn, “to pass the night, to lodge for a night”) means properly a temporary shed or lodge for the watchman of a garden or…”

“A tent - Which is easily and commonly carried from place to place. Isaiah 24:22”

“reel: Isa 19:14, Isa 29:9; Psa 107:27 removed: Isa 1:8, Isa 38:12 the transgression: Isa. 5:7-30; Psa 38:4; Lam 1:14; Hos 4:1-5; Mat 23:35, Mat 23:36 and it: Jer 8:4, Jer 25:27; Dan 11:19; Amo 8:14; Zac 5:5-8; Rev 18:21 Isaiah 24:21”